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About Me


Handmade Guitars
I started by entering the Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery in Phoenix, AZ. Before I graduated I was selected from my class to apprentice for one year at a very large company in Boston building custom guitars for major label artists in a very special seven man guitar shop. Each luthier in the shop were among the elite in the business, coming from the Gibson custom and pro shops, the ESP guitar research school in Japan, and a violin luthier from the best school in Boston. Master luthier and guitar tech Chris "Lumpy" Hofschneider came to that custom shop in Boston one day on a job and we made friends. Chris works with Michael Tobias at MTD basses in Woostock NY and through good words from Chris, Michael hired me as an apprentice for a year, an apprenticeship that turned into a full time gig.The Klesh Guitars Custom Shop is in Hazleton, Pennsylvania. Each instrument is completely handmade by me using only top quality materials. There are no production lines, unless you consider one man a production line. Every detail in each guitar is personally handled and carefully inspected.I appreciate your interest in my guitars.
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My Blog

Centerline Guitar Repair

No updates for a while because I've been busy working on my new luthier shop named "Centerline Guitar Repair". The new shop is a storefront location on Broad Street in Hazleton, and is a full scale lu...
Posted by on Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:59:00 GMT

New Website Online

Thanks to everyone for helping me locate a website designer!Charles from lemetallum.com did a great job and I'm very happy with the new websiteCheck it out www.kleshguitars.com
Posted by on Sat, 08 Dec 2007 15:28:00 GMT

Looking for a Website Designer

I have a website, but it's been "in repair" for nearly a year.The truth is, I'm in need of a professional website designer. Can anyone recommend someone to me? 
Posted by on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 13:19:00 GMT

Sawkill Luthiery

Once again, I'm back living in the Catskill Mountains of New York. It's really nice here, and also very inspiring to live in the woods again.  I have a new shop that I named "Sawkill Luthiery" be...
Posted by on Wed, 30 May 2007 14:03:00 GMT

Moving Shop Once Again.....

Once again, a better business opportunity has coaxed my little shop to move across state lines.Michael Tobias called me yesterday offering a job opportunity that I could not refuse.I will be relocatin...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 04:42:00 GMT

Maryland Death Fest

I'll be bringing some guitar tools to the Maryland Death Fest upon request last year from Seb of Ion Dissonance. If anyone's gonna be there and needs thier guitar worked on, look for me lurking in the...
Posted by on Sat, 27 May 2006 06:43:00 GMT

I apologize

Sorry to everyone for delays in my response to your messages.  To make a long story short; I need to chuck this computer out my window, and get a new one.   
Posted by on Mon, 22 May 2006 23:40:00 GMT

For all bands that would like to add me...

I made a seperate page for all bands. It's much easier to find ya this way!  http://www.myspace.com/kleshguitarsbandpage    
Posted by on Tue, 10 Jan 2006 21:04:00 GMT

Some Local Recognition

Here's a recent article from the Weekender about my guitar stuff.. If you want to read it, you will have to save it and zoom in. Sorry.  
Posted by on Thu, 20 Oct 2005 12:10:00 GMT

Nutty and ?

Ok, so I got 2 kittens. I got them 3 weeks ago, and only named one so far. I named the one Nutty because it kept acting nuts, plus its a male so yea..its got nuts..but the other one I dont know what...
Posted by on Thu, 15 Sep 2005 02:57:00 GMT